What is the title block?

The title block of a drawing is a table which usually is placed at the bottom from the drawing. The title block is the responsible to provide all necessary information to identify and verify the drawing validity.

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Figure: QElectroTech Title block example

Some information which can be found at a title block is:

  • Drawing / Schema title

  • Drawing / Schema number

  • Drawing / Schema size (Horizontal A3 sheet is the more common at electrical schemas)

  • Revision index

  • Author

  • Date

  • License (Ex.: ISO 16016 protection notices for restricting the use of documents and products)

  • Logo

Note

Refer to IEC 61082-1 norm for more detailed information about the recommended content that should be included in the title block.

As table, the elements from a title block are:

  1. Cell

  2. Column

  3. Row